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HOW  TO  AVOID 

CONSUMPTION 

(TUBERCULOSIS) 


SOME  FACTS 

Every  three  minutes  someone  in 
the  United  States  dies  from  con- 
sumption. 

1 0,000  persons  died  from  it  in 
New  York  City  last  year. 

One  person  of  every  seven  who 
die  in  New  York  City  dies  of  con- 
sumption. 

CONSUMPTION 

Constimption  is  caused  by  a 
living  germ  in  the  lungs.  The 
body  of  a  healthy  person  will  resist 
its  growth  and  may  kill  the  germs, 
but  in  a  weak  body  and  without 
proper  care  the  germs  multiply 
until  the  lungs  are  consumed  and 
the  person  dies. 

These  germs  are  found  in  the 
sputum  (spit)  of  a  consumptive: 
in  small  numbers  in  the  very  early 
stages  of  the  disease;  in  larger 
numbers  as  the  disease  progresses; 
and  in  countless"  millions  in  the 
late  stages. 

Among  the  earUer  symptoms 
which  one  can  observe  and  which 
should  lead  him  at  once  to  con- 
sult a  physician  are:  sHght  cough, 
lasting  a  month  or  longer;  loss  of 
weight;  sHght  fever  in  the  after- 
noon; night  sweats;  bleeding  from 
the  lungs. 


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THINGS  TO  REMEMBER 

Fresh  air  is  as  necessary  to 
healtli  as  pure  and  nourisliing 
food. 

People  should  not  sleep  m  over- 
crowded rooms,  nor  with  closed 
windows. 

Homes  and  work-shops  must  be 
clean  and  thoroughly  ventilated. 
Dirt  and  impure  air  are  the  allies 
of  consumption. 

Persons  with  colds  or  coughs  of 
long  standing  or  persons  who  are 
losing  in  weight  or  strength  should 
consult  a  doctor,  or  go  to  a  dis- 
pensary or  chnic.  It  is  dangerous 
to  wait. 

The  habit  of  careless  spitting 
promotes  the  disease. 

The  consumptive  person  spits 
out  minions  of  germs  in  a  single 
day  and  when  the  spit  dries  these 
germs  are  blown  about  and  find 
their  way  into  other  people's  lungs. 
Sick  persons  should  burn  their  spit. 

Though  no  one  should  ever  sleep 
with  a  consumptive,  a  careful  con- 
sumptive is  not  dangerous  to  those 
with  whom  he  lives  and  works. 

The  large  majority  of  people 
probably  have  tuberculosis  in  their 
systems,  but  they  do  not  become 
sick  with  it  because  they  take  good 
care  of  their  general  health  and 
strength. 


THINGS   GOOD   FOR 
WEAK  LUNGS 

Fresh  air  in  plenty  prevents 
consumption.  Sunshine  kills  the 
germs. 

Choose  simny  rooms.  Open  the 
windows  and  let  the  air  in.  Keep 
the  house  clean.  If  a  consiunptive 
has  moved  out  of  a  room,  give  it 
and  the  furniture  a  good  scrubbing 
with  soap  and  water. 

Be  in  the  open  air  as  much  as 
you  can.  Outdoor  work  is  vastly 
better  than  indoor  work.  Keep 
the  feet  dry. 

Breathe  with  deep,  long,  full 
breaths,  so  as  to  carry  the  fresh 
air  to  every  comer  of  your  lungs. 
Do  this  every  day  for  several 
minutes  in  the  morning  and  at 
night  with  the  windows  open  or 
while  out  of  doors.  Breathe 
through  the  nostrils  and  not 
through  the  mouth. 

Spend  your  money  for  simple 
food — milk  and  eggs,  good  fresh 
meat,  cereals,  vegetables,  bread 
and  butter,  and  fruit. 

Live  a  regular  life;  get  plenty 
of  rest  and  sleep. 

A  daily  sponge  or  tub  bath  is 
good  when  followed  by  a  brisk 
rub,  preferably  upon  rising. 

Courage  is  very  important. 
Consumptives  can  be  helped  and 
many  are  cured. 


THINGS  BAD  FOR 
WEAK  LUNGS 

Dirty  shops  and  stores,  over- 
crowded living  and  sleeping  rooms, 
dirty  saloons  and  dance  halls, 
dusty  kinds  of  business,  are  bad 
for  weak  lungs. 

Self-indulgence  and  intemper- 
ance are  very  bad.  Vice  which 
weakens  the  strong  kills  the  weak. 

Patent  medicince,  even  those 
which  claim  to  cure  consumption, 
are  bad  for  weak  lungs,  because 
they  contain  a  large  amount  of 
alcohol. 

WHAT  TO  DO 

If  you  think  you  have  con- 
sumption, go  at  once  to  a  private 
physician  or  to  a  tuberculosis 
clinic  or  dispensary. 

Information  with  regard  to  tu- 
berculosis will  at  all  times  be 
cheerfully  furnished  by  this 
Committee. 

Lists  of  clinics,  hospitals,  sana- 
toria, and  country  boarding  houses 
that  will  take  people  suffering  with 
this  disease  will  be  suppKeo.  vjxx 
request. 

COMMITTEEIONJTHE 

PREVENTION  OF 

TUBERCULOSIS 

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41. 
CHARITY  ORGANIZATION  SOCIETY 


OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK 

Rooms  617-622 

105  EAST  22d  STREET 


FOR  YOU 

Do  not  lay  this  leaflet 
aside  without  reading  it 
because  you  think  it  does 
not  apply  to  you. 

You  may  have  consump- 
tion and  not  know  it.  Many 
persons  have  the  disease 
for  months  before  finding 
it  out. 

10,000  persons  fall  prey 
to  the  disease  each  year  in 
New  York  City. 

You  or  some  one  of  your 
family  or  your  friends  may 
be  the  next  victim.  Pre- 
vent this  before  it  is  too 
late. 


December,  1916 


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